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Saturday, 25 April 2015

How Not To Debt For Beauty

Ever since
I started Instagramming my monthly beauty hauls, I get questions like these all
the time:

Did you buy all this?

Where did you get your money from?

How do you manage to not burn a hole in your
pocket?

Photo credits: sheniko.blogspot.sg

Let's face
it. Women spend tons of their hard-earned money on beauty & fashion. For at
least once in our lives, we resorted to eating plain bread at the end of the
month, because we don't have money left after shopping! Of course we need to have that latest shade of Chanel lipstick and that tenth bottle of brightening
serum, even when have not opened the previous tube of lipstick we bought last week. Exactly. We need it.

On the other hand, there are a handful of oblivious people(these folks usually have no idea where their money went to) who have a misconception that beauty
products don't cost much, but have you REALLY sit down to total up your monthly
spending on beauty, hair, body products & services? I am sure these set you
back at least a few hundreds to a few grands (God forbid!) per month.

Allow me to
share some ideas to you beauty junkies out there, how to stay sane and not to
get into debt coz of shopping!

1. Make a
reasonable monthly budget for beauty products/services and STICK to it!

Everybody
knows this, but nobody follows through! The key is to set a REASONABLE
budget you know you can keep to. Depending on how much money is spent elsewhere,
different ladies have different budget allocation. For me, I set aside about 10%
of my monthly pay. I think that is good enough to feed my beauty addiction, yet
have money left to eat and to save. (If you can makedo with a lower budget, better still! )

2. Don't
carry credit cards when you only mean to window-shop.

Not able to
sign your beauty purchases reduces the chance of binge-shopping. It gives you
more time to mull over whether you should purchase the product or not.

3. Think
twice, no, THRICE about plastic surgery/cosmetics procedures

While this PS trend is only getting increasingly popular, the old- school in me still hope that the young & impressionable ones out there examine the real reason behind this life-changing decision. (WHY do you want to cut your face up? You don't agree that YOU are beautiful? God thinks you're beautiful, you know.) If there is no functional need to, skip it altogether. Sometimes, the unlucky ones need many follow-up surgeries to get the look that they want. This becomes an expensive lifestyle that one didn't actually sign up for. Consider thoroughly before any invasive cosmetic surgery!

Stock up your beauty
necessities when there is a sale OR at supply chain stores such as our local
Sasa, Venus, Pink Lady stores - I guess you'd already knew that. Next, sign up for free memberships with your
favourite beauty brands and check if there are birthday month
discounts/specials/free makeovers, etc. Sephora offers free gifts, Benefit
eyebrow service and 10% discount with double points for their birthday members.
Many Korean brands in Singapore also has similar points system or birthday
benefits. Just ask!

Photo Credits: thelolovivinetwork

MONEY-SAVING TIP:

Subscribe to your favourite beauty blogger/vlogger and get latest updates of
beauty sales. Many bloggers also offer coupon codes for the brands they
endorse! That can save you about 5-20% of the rack price. Enter giveaways; some of these giveaways are really awesome stuff. Beauty bloggers usually have too many stuff that they have to clear through giveaways or blog sales. Look out for those and buy from bloggers you trust.

5. Mix it up - old &
new!

Last but not least, dig
out all your old, unexpired makeup products and DIY your own concoctions! Just google "beauty DIY recipes".

Photo Credits: TheBeautyDepartment.com

For
example, the easiest way to refresh your look is to mix old and new lipsticks
to form a NEW lip colour!Do you know you can recycle your expired eyeshadow by
mixing it with your clear nail polish to turn it into a coloured nail polish?
Do you also know that your eye cream can double up as your lip moisturiser?

I have more tips to share,
but there is just so much I can type out here. If you have other money-saving
beauty tips to share, join in the discussion below! Looking
forward to hear some of YOUR money-saving tips!!

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